Quality of life assessment in bladder cancer clinical trials: conceptual, methodological and practical issues.

Neil K. Aaronson; F. Calais da Silva; O Yoshida; F. S. van Dam; Sophie D. Fosså; M Miyakawa; Derek Raghavan; H. Riedl; M. R. G. Robinson; J. William Worden

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Bladder cancerClinical trialQuality (philosophy)Quality of life (healthcare)Quality assessmentManagement scienceMedicineCancerInternal medicineEngineeringEpistemologyNursingPathologyPhilosophyExternal quality assessment

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Year: 1986
Type: article
Volume: 221
Pages: 149-70
Citations: 19
Access: Closed

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                                    Neil K. Aaronson, 
                                
                                    F. Calais da Silva, 
                                
                                    O Yoshida
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1986). 
                            Quality of life assessment in bladder cancer clinical trials: conceptual, methodological and practical issues.. 
                            PubMed
                            , 221
                            
                            , 149-70.